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Re: [Groff] new automake system
From: |
Werner LEMBERG |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] new automake system |
Date: |
Thu, 25 Sep 2014 11:35:26 +0200 (CEST) |
>>> - it prefers /usr/local/bin/gsed over /usr/bin/sed
>>>
>>> - it prefers /usr/local/bin/bison over /usr/bin/yacc
>>>
>>> Prefering the GNU versions over the native POSIX versions is bad
>>> because it causes needless build dependencies.
Mhmm. I don't find Ingo's arguments really convincing, but he has a
point that this preference should be documented somewhere, giving the
user (or packager) a possibility to override it. groff is a GNU
package, and *of course* it prefers GNU sed and GNU bison over non-GNU
tools! In particular, you can be sure that you get predictable,
repeatable builds.
> For end-users, it compromises predictable, repeatable builds.
I think exactly the opposite.
Werner
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, (continued)
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Bertrand Garrigues, 2014/09/23
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Ralph Corderoy, 2014/09/24
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Bertrand Garrigues, 2014/09/24
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Ralph Corderoy, 2014/09/25
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Werner LEMBERG, 2014/09/25
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Ingo Schwarze, 2014/09/22
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Werner LEMBERG, 2014/09/22
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Bertrand Garrigues, 2014/09/22
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Ralph Corderoy, 2014/09/23
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Ingo Schwarze, 2014/09/24
- Re: [Groff] new automake system,
Werner LEMBERG <=
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Blake McBride, 2014/09/23
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Bertrand Garrigues, 2014/09/23
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Blake McBride, 2014/09/23
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Bertrand Garrigues, 2014/09/23
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Blake McBride, 2014/09/23
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Werner LEMBERG, 2014/09/24
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Werner LEMBERG, 2014/09/24
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Blake McBride, 2014/09/24
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Blake McBride, 2014/09/24
- Re: [Groff] new automake system, Werner LEMBERG, 2014/09/24